BESTMALZ‘ 120-year track record of success is proof that tradition and innovation are not mutually exclusive.
The traditional German family malt producer is at the forefront of a recent surge in global demand for a modern bespoke beer experience. BESTMALZ location, among some of Europe’s best barley fields, coupled with their adherence to the purity guidelines of the 1516 German Reinheitsgebot (German Purity Law), appeals to cutting-edge craft brewers all over the world.
Since 2014, CEO Dr Axel Göhler, the grandson of founder Max Göhler, has spearheaded the company’s international expansion. Now, BESTMALZ distributes quality malts to more than 85 countries, including the US, China and Brazil.
Dr Göhler is uniquely suited to bring quality German malts to the world, having spent more than a decade looking at the beer industry from the outside in. He published his PhD thesis in Switzerland on the topic of German family breweries, worked for Boston Consulting Group in Germany and the US for ten years before establishing a boutique private equity and consulting firm of his own in Hamburg.
